Roasted Brussels Sprouts With Crispy Capers and Carrots Recipe - MyRecipes.com

Roasted Brussels Sprouts With Crispy Capers and Carrots Recipe - MyRecipes.com

Loved this! Would be great with just a peice on nutty bread for lunch!

Winter Fresh Vegetable Soup

Stumbled upon this vegetable soup when I was trying to figure out what to do with Cabbage. I Love it so much I made it twice alreay within a week.

Here is the recipe. I made my own fresh vegetable broth and added one Star Anise and a couple of bay leaves in the beginning. But you can modify it to your liking as you please....

Country-French Vegetable Soup



2 teaspoons olive oil

2 cups chopped green cabbage

1 cup chopped onion

1 cup (1/2-inch-thick) sliced carrot

1 cup sliced celery

1 cup diced red potato

1 teaspoon caraway seeds

1 cup water

4 cups Fresh Vegetable Broth or 2 (14 1/2-ounce) cans vegetable broth

1 cup drained canned chickpeas (garbanzo beans)

2 tablespoons minced fresh parsley

2 teaspoons chopped fresh or 1/2 teaspoon dried dill

1/2 teaspoon pepper



Heat oil in a Dutch oven over medium-high heat until hot. Add cabbage and next 5 ingredients (cabbage through caraway seeds); sauté 2 minutes. Add water and broth; bring to a boil. Reduce heat; cover and simmer 30 minutes. Add chickpeas, parsley, dill, and pepper; cook until thoroughly heated.







Yield: 4 servings (serving size: 1 3/4 cups)



CALORIES 184 (20% from fat); FAT 4.1g (sat 0.7g,mono 2.3g,poly 0.8g); IRON 1.8mg; CHOLESTEROL 0.0mg; CALCIUM 77mg; CARBOHYDRATE 33.1g; SODIUM 425mg; PROTEIN 5.7g; FIBER 7.6g



Cooking Light, NOVEMBER 1997

Fabulous Trial Mix

I am fascinated with dry fruits right now and seem to be gathering bags of them wherever I go. 

I picked up dried mango slices, dried cranberries, dried black raisins from a Indian grocery store the other day. Also picked up dried apricots and figs from a middle eastern grocery store. In figuring out what to do with these, I looked up trail mix recipes and came up with one. You have to try it to know how great it is... beats  the urge for candy at my 3pm slumps. 

Mix

1/3 cup of dried mango slices chopped

1/3 cup of dried apricots chopped

1/3 cup of dried figs chopped

1/4 cup of dried cranberries

1/4 cup of dried black raisins

1 1/2 cup of roasted unsalted sunflower seeds

1 cup of walnuts

Makes about 16 servings of 1/4 cup each, which comes to about a 100 calorie snack. 

I'm sure any fruit and nut combination works here, so try this and let me know if you try any other fabulous variations.